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posted by martyb on Tuesday August 11 2020, @04:22AM   Printer-friendly
from the intelligence!=wisdom dept.

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The love of all things English begins at a young age in non-English-speaking countries, promoted by pop culture, Hollywood movies, fast-food brands, sports events and TV shows.

Later, with English skills and international education qualifications from high school, the path is laid to prestigious international universities in the English-speaking world and employment opportunities at home and abroad.

But those opportunities aren't distributed equally across socioeconomic groups. Global education in English is largely reserved for middle-class students.

This is creating a divide between those inside the global English proficiency ecosystem and those relegated to parts of the education system where such opportunities don't exist.

[...] It's unfortunate so many schools view an English-speaking model as the gold standard and overlook their own local or regional wisdoms. We need to remember that encouraging young people to join a privileged English-speaking élite educated in foreign universities is only one of many possible educational options.


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  • (Score: 2) by Muad'Dave on Tuesday August 11 2020, @01:45PM (1 child)

    by Muad'Dave (1413) on Tuesday August 11 2020, @01:45PM (#1034895)

    IMHO Esperanto failed because so many words end in 'j'.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 11 2020, @01:57PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 11 2020, @01:57PM (#1034904)

    Actually no, they don't. Unless you have problems with “many” English English words ending with -s.